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Do I need google API key even for plotting OpenStreetMap/Stamen Maps?

Open ashishjain1988 opened this issue 3 years ago • 2 comments

After reading the manual I thought that for plotting OpenStreetMap/Stamen Maps I don't need google API. Is that true or is all the functionality of ggmap is dependent on google web services?

ashishjain1988 avatar Nov 08 '21 19:11 ashishjain1988

Stamen Maps works fine without a google API key. OSM is a different matter - as far as I understand it, it doesn't work with ggmap (see issue #117 )

nstjhp avatar Nov 16 '22 16:11 nstjhp

In case anyone arrives here via searching, you do not need a Google API key for plotting Stamen Maps. You do however need a Stadia Maps API key.

If you're having trouble with the Stamen map tiles, see the discussion on #350. ggplot version 4.0.0 was released on CRAN yesterday, and you can find instructions on how to use it with Stamen tiles in the README.

ianthetechie avatar Nov 21 '23 06:11 ianthetechie